Life in the world's wonderland - a graphic description of the great Northwest, from the Mississippi River to the land of the midnight sun, including descriptions of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Fremont, (14761933621)

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Title: Life in the world's wonderland : a graphic description of the great Northwest, from the Mississippi River to the land of the midnight sun, including descriptions of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Fremont, Lincoln, Kansas City, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, and all the wonders of the unrivaled Yellowstone Park, the mines and canons of the Rocky Mountains, the beauties fo the Oregon and Columbia Rivers, and the famous inland passage from Tacoma, Washington Territory, to Sitka, Alaska : descriptions of the old Indian battle fields, including the last battle field of General Custer on the Big Horn River, the stories of old trappers, freighters, miners, and Indian fighters, told in their own unique style
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Gerrish, Theodore, 1846-1923
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Publisher: (S.l. : s.n.)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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irty feethiorh throucrh an orifice in the rock about seven inches indiameter. ** Old Monarch is not far away, and he onceeach twenty-four hours throws a stream of water fromone hundred to one hundred and twenty-five feet high.This eruption continues twenty minutes, and the flow ofwater is immense. Near by the Monarch is theFearless; which is inferior to its neighbor in size, butit makes amends for that in throwincr out water so dark-green in its color that it is one of the most beautifulgeysers in the park. Some of the geysers in NorrisBasin are becoming less powerful each year, and willsoon become extinct. Others, however, are increasingin power, and bid fair to rival those of the Upper Basinwithin a few years. After leaving the Norris Basin, we soon crossed ElkPark, a beautiful meadow five miles in circumference,surrounded by lofty mountains. As we crossed themeadow to enter Gibbon Canon beyond, great spiralcolumns of steam were rising on each side of the road, YELLOWSTONE PARK. 199
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OBSIDIAN CLIFFS. 200 LIFE m THE WORLDS WONDERLAND. indicating to us the location of the Gibbon Paint-potBasin and the Monument Geyser Basin, where somevery wonderful paint-pots and geysers are to be seen.Our coach soon entered the great canon named fromthe Gibbon River, which flows through it. The scenerywas romantic beyond description — the overhangingwalls of rock towering on either side of the narrowcanon, and the coaches dashing over the pike beside theswiftly-rushing river. The walls in some places rise toa height of 2,000 feet above the road, which runs at onepoint on the very verge of the bank one thousand feetabove the river. Four miles from the entrance to thecanon we came to Gibbon Falls, where the river pitcheseighty feet in a most reckless manner over a perpendicu-lar rock. In order to obtain a good view of the falls, itwas necessary to descend one thousand feet over thesteep bank on our right. The heat was so intense thatthe other members of our party decided not to mak